Stray Kids, Episode 2: so don’t stop, we like this party

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(Written May 7, 2025)

Mission time, STAYs!  Now that our fearless leader, Bang Chan, has gotten his team to pre-debut status, he has to write and produce a song.  No biggie.  Let’s do this.

We begin at the dorm, where our boys are wheeling in their luggage and settling in.  Is that a bed in the living room?  I don’t know how these guys are going to get any sleep.

We get several minutes of everyone deciding on roommates.  This goes on for quite a while.  It’s such a tiny space for nine guys.  Beds are crammed into every available space.  If this group were any bigger, they’d be sleeping on the roof.  One of the rooms has six beds in it.

I’m sorry, but this alone would keep me out of K-pop.

JYP:  Congratulations!  Your group is going to debut!
Me:   oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god
JYP:  Here’s your dorm.  You’ll be sharing with eight other girls.  You get the top bunk two inches from the ceiling.
Me:
JYP:  (looking around) Where’d she go?
My bandmates:  She left.  She decided to be a delivery driver for Pizza School instead.  Dibs on the cot in the living room!

Once the boys settle in, they decide to name the rooms, because it’s not like they should be writing their first mission song or anything.  Nothing but time on their hands.  Then they check out the kitchen and discover that none of them can cook.  Well, Bang Chan offers to make Spaghetti Bolognese, but he doesn’t remember how.  Woojin knows his way around the kitchen, but we know he’s leaving the group at some point, so our boys will starve unless there’s a Pizza School nearby.

They play games in the living room, and seriously, why aren’t they writing a song?  When is this assignment due?  Back in the kitchen, three of our guys have started cooking, and I realize we’re about to get a mukbang segment.

Our boys slurp up the pasta.  Then they decide to clean up and go to an arcade.  I’m hoping “arcade” is Korean slang for “recording studio” because they haven’t written a single lyric and I AM STRESSING OUT.  (Why yes, I do have OCD.  Why do you ask?)

Off they go to the arcade, and this place looks pretty cool.

They have fun with basketball, archery, and soccer.  They’re bonding.  Despite my song deadline anxiety, I do enjoy watching this segment.  I could spend hours in that arcade.  Especially if it had Skee-ball.  Next, they head out to a road lined with food trucks.  I love how they call big cheesy hot dogs “snacks.”

Finally, we cut to the JYP Building.  The boys huddle to discuss their song.  Not only do they have to write it, they have to choreograph and perform it for JYP himself.  Of course, Bang Chan has already prepared some tracks.  I can’t believe I ever doubted him.

The boys like one of the tracks a lot.  It’s an ominous, moody piece called “Elevator.”  What I like about all the tracks is the dark, mysterious vibe they all have.  A couple are kind of scary sounding, reminding me of the Stray Kids song “Venom.”  So not only is Bang Chan our daring and fearless leader, he’s also responsible for the shivers down your spine when you hear “Side Effects” or “Double Knot.”

He now works on modifying the track to fit nine members.  I like watching this.  It gives us insight into his creative process and how his mind works.  He immediately starts looking for a melody in the sound.  He improvises a melody and then immediately discards it for not packing enough of a dramatic punch.  Meanwhile, Han and Changbin are in another room, working on lyrics.  They want to write about blood, sweat, and tears, and now the song “Spinning Wheel” is stuck in my head because I am old.

In keeping with the dark theme, our lyricists decide to change the song title to “Hellevator.”  STAYs know this song as the group’s first music video and digital single.  I watch the official video, and all nine members are in it, so it looks like we’re not losing Woojin during this show.

We’re now four days from D-Day.  Bang Chan has mixed everything and is ready to present it to his bandmates.  I love how everyone excitedly gathers around to hear it.

The show doesn’t let us hear the whole track.  When we cut to the end, the group is excited and ready to assign parts.  They’re a little nervous about the high notes on the chorus and ask Han to try it, along with the rapping.  Han is stressed out about taking both parts.  Is there no one else in the group who can hit high notes?

But Han is game to try it and starts rehearsing.  He’s struggling with the vocals, but at least he’s got great style.  I want this sweater.

Now we cut to two days until D-Day.  Choreo rehearsal.  Lee Know is leading the group.

The routine looks exhausting, with the group doing formations while lying flat on the floor and slowly rising.  From the dramatic music to the demanding vocals to the very physical choreography, these guys are not phoning it in.

The pressure must be getting to Bang Chan again, because he gets frustrated with I.N, who is having trouble with some of the moves.  Everyone is getting tense.  I can’t believe I’m suggesting this, but maybe they should all go back to the arcade.

As the hours tick down, they practice nonstop.  Finally, we’re at D-Day.  They report to the performance room, looking like they’re about to face the firing squad, and in a way, they are.  Here he comes now.

JYP is smiling and trying to put the boys at ease.  He’s a bit confused by the title of this song, which tells me this man is NOT prepared for the beast idol group these guys will become.  To his credit, he does like the title, once they explain it to him.

Next, he says, “I also asked you to think of a team name.”  What?  I must have missed that part.  This should be VERY interesting.  Especially since group names are usually revealed to the group by the company in the series finale.  I’ve never seen a company let the group choose their own name.

Our boys look very excited.  Bang Chan counts to three (“hana, dhul, set!”) and they all bow and loudly introduce themselves.

“Hello, we’re Stray Kids!”

 

I get a thrill out of this.  It’s a historic moment for the fandom.  And I love that they don’t introduce themselves politely like so many groups do.  They belt it out like you would expect a gang of stray kids to do.

JYP looks intrigued.  Bang Chan tells him, “The meaning is we’re lost kids who are still finding our dreams.  We’re still seeking our goals.”

JYP likes it, but he’s concerned that it’s a long name.  I check the JYP Entertainment roster, and yeah, I’m looking at ITZY, Day 6, NMIXX, GOT7, and of course, 2am and 2pm.  However, the roster also has Wonder Girls and Xdinary Heroes, and Stray Kids is a shorter name than both of them.

If I may digress for a second while looking at this roster, why do so many K-pop band names look like typos?  Jus2, Vcha, NiziU … and I just finished recapping the survival show for idid, a name I really, really hate.  So I’m glad Stray Kids stuck to their guns here.  My spell checker is working overtime, underlining every other name on the roster.

Okay.  No more stalling.  The name of the group won’t matter if the performance isn’t good.  Showtime!

It’s good.  I can see there are issues (mostly the high notes), but I see the strong energy, wild choreo, and serious attitude all starting to come together.  They need more confidence, and they need to bring the notes down an octave or ten.  Speaking of which, I can hear that Felix is starting to use the lower register of his voice.  It’s not ocean deep yet, but it’s deeper than it was before, in the showcase. 

When it ends, JYP doesn’t speak for several minutes.  When he does, he says the song is really good.  The title, lyrics, arrangement, and melody – he likes it all.

Now for the bad news.  He pulls up a keyboard app on his phone, which is so cool and I want one.  He plays a line from the melody and asks Bang Chan why he wrote it in a “female key.”  (As an alto, I feel like I caught a stray.)

“The range is ridiculous!” he says.  “This would be the end of our country’s best singing ability’s range!”  Weirdly, I understand what he means.

He tells Bang Chan to fix the key.  Then he pauses and says, “Right now, only one person is up to my standards.  Jisung [Han] did better than I thought.”  He praises Han for singing as well as he raps.  Han tries to smile, but he feels bad for the rest of his bandmates.

Bang Chan gets the same criticism as before – he needs to show more charisma.  And then the other shoe drops.  JYP reminds them that any member who can’t keep up with the others will be eliminated.  We get this dramatic godlike shot right after he says it.

Gulp.

Well, that ended on a downer.  Even though I know how this turns out in the end, I still feel scared for them right now. 

See you next episode, where I’m guessing we’ll eventually see Bang Chan get more charismatic and learn to write notes for boys (and for me, apparently).  Bye for now!

Episode 3:  kicking the leaves in the autumn breeze

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BOSS RIIZE, Episode 11: The Madness of King Won Bin

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(Written October 4, 2024)

We are BACK, baby!  And since I’ve been caught up in Enhypen World with the I-Land recaps, let me get caught up on what we’ve covered in this series.

• So Hee has been the best BOSS so far.
  
  
• Anton can swim.
  
  
• Eun Seok is not to be trusted.
  
  
• There’s a LOT of Korean mukbang on this show.
  
  
• Car cams are fun.
  
  
• Three out of six RIIZE members can’t identify their own song “Siren” when it’s been slowed down.  (Two members never even made it that far and got disqualified.)
  
  
• Snails and eggs are vegan now.
  
  
• Won Bin is the current BOSS.  Anton is the only one who hasn’t been the BOSS.

Let’s do this.

Our band seems to be done with swimming and have hopped into the SUV to get lunch.  Won Bin is suspicious of everything his bandmates say, wondering if they’re trying to stage a coup.  Shotaro suggests a Word Relay, and Won Bin suggests he stuff a sock in it.  “It’s obviously a mission coup,” says the wise So Hee, half asleep in the back row of seats.

The others start suggesting games just to watch Won Bin have a nervous breakdown.  Eun Seok, who is the sole worker under Won Bin’s regime, is really enjoying this. 

We arrive at a cute little restaurant.  Must be mukbang time.  We get close-ups of boiled duck and side dishes.  Everything is shot like food porn.  The text on the screen even describes the food in vaguely sexual terms:  “Fleshy meat and sticky rice that look so tender.”  I need an adult.

Once they are seated, the crew tells them they need to check the budget first.  Apparently there was a “water sports experience fee” of 50,000 won.  The snacks they had at the creek also cost them.  That, plus the current meal, takes 250,000 won out of the budget.  They only have 50,000 won left.  Win Bin is not a financially savvy BOSS.

Now for a long segment of everyone eating.  We zoom in on them as they chew, swallow, and savor.  It’s kind of fascinating how good they are with chopsticks.  I’m a little clumsy using wooden chopsticks for sushi, but I’m useless with chopsticks for all other meals.  These guys can even use them to assemble lettuce wraps.  

But Won Bin is having trouble enjoying his food because he’s waiting to hear the music signifying a successful coup.  He looks around for the voting booth.  He’s too stressed out to enjoy his own regime.  The others are still suggesting games and laughing at his twitchy responses.  If the mission coup is to drive Won Bin insane, it’s working.  Won Bin even thinks Eun Seok is trying to pull out his hair, so now he’s sitting with his back pressed against a support pole.

Suddenly, the crew tells them the BOSS has correctly guessed a mission coup, so the coup failed.  Yes, Eun Seok was trying to pull several strands of Won Bin’s hair.  

You’re right, Melissa, but it’s also an unfair thing for Won Bin.  The point of a coup is to try to trick the BOSS into saying or doing something, not just attack him by pulling at his hair.

Won Bin says now that they’re done eating, they’re going to drive away and leave Eun Seok behind.  

Why are the viewer comments on Eun Seok’s side?  I don’t get it.  Did he make alliances with the viewers, too?

They all leave the restaurant and arrive at the beach.  This place is gorgeous.  They stop at a café to get dessert and wind up ordering Hajodae Coffee, which is a specialty brand, like ordering Starbucks.  It’s not cheap.  They also get croissants and cookies because Won Bin appears to be worse with money than I am.

They sit outside the café and talk about other trips they’d like to take, like Won Bin’s hometown of Ulsan, or New York City during Christmas.  Now I’m paranoid because I’m wondering if this is part of a coup.  Then Shotaro playfully tries to kiss Won Bin on the cheek, and Won Bin demands to know if it’s a coup.  We’re all losing our minds.

Or maybe not.  We get a quick flashback to the restaurant after lunch, when both Shotaro and Eun Seok request and receive mission coups.  Shotaro does indeed have to try to snuggle with Won Bin.  Since Won Bin called it immediately, the coup failed.

Eun Seok’s second mission was to get the BOSS stamp on his hand, but Won Bin is at the point where he’s not letting anyone touch him.  He threatens to punish anyone who gets into his personal space.  Eun Seok gives up on his mission.

Everyone starts teasing Anton about being the only one who hasn’t been BOSS yet.  But the teasing stops when the crew tells them this is the last day of the trip, so they will have an election to choose the final BIG BOSS. I really think Won Bin should be removed from power before he goes insane and locks himself in the café bathroom, screaming for everyone to leave him alone.

The crew prepares for the 2024 BIG BOSS test.  They will be tested in the Korean language (especially challenging for Anton and Shotaro), Sensibility (Won Bin is losing his), Math, and Research, whatever that is.  For every question they answer correctly, they get a ballot.  As the current BOSS, Won Bin gets to assign each band member to a subject.  Or a chair.  The translations are not very clear.

They go through the questions, and I don’t understand most of them because you have to understand Korean and the culture to get most of it.  We do get one cool question under the “Sensibility” topic:

Q:  What is one before you eat but two after you eat?
A:  Wooden chopsticks.

The episode ends here, halfway through the test.  Sung Chan has won two ballots.  Anton, Won Bin, and So Hee each have one.  Eun Seok and Shotaro have none.

For our final episode, I want banished member Seunghan to return and become the final BOSS.  Come on, SM Entertainment.  Imagine the ratings.

Fingers crossed for the last episode.

Episode 12 (Finale):  The Politics of BOSSing

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BOSS RIIZE, Episode 10: The semi-vengeful, kinda-mean-but-not-really Rule of BOSS 5

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(Written September 28, 2024)

We are back.  Tensions are high.  Snails are cooking.  For breakfast.  Grab some Pepto-Bismol and let’s power through this.

The first words we hear are from Won Bin:  “I’m dreaming of a coup.”  THAT’S how you kick off an episode. 

Everyone arrives at the barbecue area for breakfast.  BOSS Sung Chan commands, “Bring the food now.”  Chef Anton announces the meal of bibimbap and snail soup.  He and Shotaro start prepping the ingredients while Eun Seok gripes, “So all you’ve done so far is catch the snails?”  Is he always like this?  Even when he’s not on this show?

Anton and Shotaro figure out how to cook the recipes they’ve pulled up on their phones.  They’re having such a hard time of it, the BOSS has to help.  Eun Seok actually helps peel potatoes.  “You should have just made scrambled eggs, not this,” he grumbles.  Wait, scrambled eggs were an option?  We can see a dozen eggs sitting on the table with the other ingredients.  What the hell, you guys?

“Today’s breakfast is vegan,” says Anton, who is currently preparing a meal with snails in it.  “Good idea.  We had a lot of meat yesterday,” Sung Chan says without a trace of sarcasm, while I bang my forehead on my desk.

Anton has to pull out his phone again to look up how to chop a zucchini.  Eun Seok gives up and starts making the bibimbap himself.  The others start frying eggs for this vegan meal.

Time for more Korean mukbang.  Everyone enjoys a huge breakfast, even though it must be late afternoon by now.  We don’t get an extended eating scene this time because the drums and dramatic music start playing.  Someone has successfully pulled off a coup!  The crew announces another election will be held.  Sung Chan has only been the BOSS for about 12 hours, and he spent most of that time sleeping. 

We find out the culprit was Shotaro.  Before breakfast, he went straight to the crew and said he wanted a Mission Coup.  I can’t believe it wasn’t Won Bin.  Shotaro’s mission was to make the BOSS say the title of a drama or film at least three times.

We get flashbacks showing the awkward conversations Shotaro had to start to get this to happen, and the fact that Sung Chan never catches on tells me he deserves to be overthrown.  Eun Seok doesn’t catch on either, although he does ask if the Mission Coup is making the BOSS prep the ingredients.

The voting booth is set up next to the table.  Eun Seok’s eyes are darting around the table, wondering if he can set up an instant alliance.  Dude, I’ll be shocked if anyone trusts you again.  But he still tries.  He tells So Hee that he’ll be exempt from being a worker in exchange for his vote.  So Hee knows better than to commit.

We zoom in on Anton and Won Bin, neither of whom has been BOSS yet.  No time for them to negotiate.  Voting is starting.  Won Bin says he’s desperate for revenge against Eun Seok.  Then dude, why didn’t you stage the coup?  What an embarrassing bias you turned out to be.  So Hee even tells him, “If you don’t get it this time, just give up.”  Not only should So Hee be the BOSS again, he should be Leader of the group.  Won Bin says he doesn’t care as long as Eun Seok doesn’t get it.  There’s some serious bad blood here.

The crew announces the winner, who got six votes.  Everyone voted for him.  It’s … Won Bin.  I don’t know how, especially since Shotaro staged the coup in the first place, but fine.  It should be fun to watch him take his revenge.  He signs his letter and gets the budget, which now totals 300,000 won ($229 USD) because Sung Chan didn’t have time to spend any money.

“Yesterday’s sorrow will be released today,” says Won Bin.  He immediately turns to the job of selecting the workers.  Eun Seok can’t even look him in the eye.  But according to the crew, Eun Seok did vote for him.  He had to know this would happen.  His motives make no sense.  I’m guessing the crew rigged this election because everyone in the group has to be BOSS at least once.

Won Bin decrees that Eun Seok will be the only worker.  WOW.  I kind of like this petty look on Won Bin.  Eun Seok’s first task is to clean up breakfast by himself.  The others leave while Eun Seok makes plans to be the next BOSS.  I can’t believe they all just left him there with the camera crew.  All he has to do now is ask the crew for a coup assignment.

We flash forward to the whole band going to the creek to hang out.  Won Bin gets a chair, umbrella, and coolers of snacks.  Everyone else has to sit on the rocks, except for Eun Seok, whom Won Bin orders to stand. 

Won Bin opens one of the coolers and is excited to see patbingsu, which is a red bean paste on shaved ice.  Korean people must be the healthiest people on Earth.  While several of the band members put the ingredients together, Anton grabs a raft and plays in the creek, which looks way more fun. 

Back on shore, Won Bin is being very generous with the food, even sharing with Eun Seok.  These guys just had a huge breakfast, and now they’re eating fruit and donuts and bean paste.  I don’t know where they’re putting it.

They go swimming right after eating a metric ton of food.  Out of revenge, Won Bin has Shotaro flip Eun Seok’s innertube and push him into the water.  They’re all having fun swimming, and I’m just waiting for the Jaws theme music, because I know SOMEONE must be attempting a coup.  But no, this is where they end the episode.  With everyone happily playing and splashing in the water.

I predict the next episode will begin with the attack of a vegan snail army, who will have foolishly joined an alliance with Eun Seok.  Grab your parsley garlic butter and join me there.

Episode 11:  The Madness of King Won Bin

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BOSS RIIZE, Episode 2: The peasants revolt.

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(Written September 13, 2024)

Welcome back to this endearingly awkward little show.  When we last left our boys, So Hee was BOSS with a national treasury of $150, and his worker Won Bin was plotting revenge.  I’ve seen worse storylines on these reality shows.  Let’s see where this one is going.

Our RIIZE guys are hungry, so they take their $150 USD to a famous restaurant known for its seafood.  So Hee is still wearing his flower wreath.  Sung Chan, perhaps trying to make up for slacking off on the beach cleanup, gives his BOSS disinfecting wipes and tells the crew, “Is there ramen?  Our BOSS needs ramen.”

The others also start sucking up, providing soy sauce and asking if there’s anything else he needs.  The boys look a bit more relaxed in this episode.  Won Bin seems to have checked out, though.  He’s the only one not participating in the sucking up.

So Hee looks over the menu.  This place isn’t cheap.  The order of king crab costs half their budget.  So Hee wants the king crab, so now I’m waiting for him to impose a new tax on the BRIIZE fandom to pay for it.

Eun Seok and Anton want their BOSS to order two sets of king crab.  I hope neither of them is appointed Minister of Coin. 

So Hee calls a vote on the food.  They decide on one order of king crab and sashimi, rice, spicy stew, and beverages.  They have 50,000 won (about $37) left over, which So Hee decides to put back in the budget.  Our BOSS is fiscally responsible.

Wait – he gets talked into another order, and now they have about eight bucks left.  Somehow they work it out and are left with more money in the budget, but I am math’d out at this point.

So Hee sends his two workers, Won Bin and Sung Chan, to fetch water for the table.  Does this restaurant not have wait staff?  Why is this a famous restaurant?  

Sung Chan brings a plastic thermos of water, and Won Bin just sits.  He’s lost whatever fire he had at the end of the last episode.  He does come to life when the other band members demand water, and he tells them to get their own.  His exact words are, “We didn’t bring this water for peasants.  Why aren’t you working?”

The non-workers start plotting a revolt, right there in the restaurant.  The food hasn’t even arrived yet.  Eon Seok appoints himself the BOSS’ second in command.

BOSS So Hee worries that they need more money.  Eun Seok whispers to him that he should make the workers go earn some more money.  So Hee, who appears to be an easily-led ruler, orders his workers to do just that.  Won Bin gives a fake laugh, and both workers stay put.  I’m starting to feel really badly for Won Bin.  He looks like he’s hating this.  When the food arrives, he tosses some lettuce at Eun Seok, saying that’s his dinner.

So Hee orders his workers to serve the food.  “There’s a reason why this place is famous,” Sung Chan says as he puts the plates on the table.  I imagine it’s because no one actually works here.  Is this even a restaurant, or are they filming this at someone’s house?  They got the food from DoorDash, didn’t they?

Eun Seok keeps telling So Hee to make the workers do things, to the point where So Hee warns us that Eun Seok will be a tyrant if he’s ever the BOSS.

We get several minutes of our boys just sitting there and eating.  Several long minutes.  But the fans seem to be entertained.

Is Melissa his mom?

At one point, Shotaro looks at the production crew and asks if they’re just going to film them eating.  “Don’t worry.  Just eat,” commands So Hee.

We do get a funny moment when Anton looks up the definition of “worker” on this phone and says, “There’s a word GOON in English.”  Please, production team, let them start calling the workers goons.  

The king crab arrives, and this is rather impressive.  I can see why it costs half their budget.

I need to put some context here.  The reason we are spending half this episode’s runtime watching these guys eat is because mukbang, a trend of watching people eat, is very popular in South Korea.  It started as a calming thing of just enjoying the sight of other people enjoying a meal, but then it came to American YouTube content creators and spiraled into a fetish thing of watching people binge.

Just like with queerbaiting, mukbang is WAY too complex a topic to cover here.  Just know that we’re probably going to get a LOT of footage of these guys eating.  Meanwhile, Won Bin looks like he wishes he were literally anywhere else.

Suddenly, we get a drumroll sound effect.  Everyone around the table stops mid-chew and looks at the crew in alarm.  They are told there’s been a coup against the BOSS.  Oh, thank goodness.  Please tell me my prediction about Monsta X is about to come true.

Nope.  The crew is opening the polling booth to pick a new boss.  This is less of a coup and more of a free and fair election, but whatever moves this show along is fine with me. 

Wait – there’s a twist.  We flash back to the previous episode where Won Bin and Sung Chan (but mostly Won Bin) are cleaning up the beach.  The production team tells them they’re being given a chance to pick a new BOSS.  This is called a Mission Coup.  This is the happiest I’ve seen Won Bin so far.

According to the rules being flashed on the screen, if these two get caught in their mission, the coup fails, and the BOSS and workers stay the same.  So there’s a lot at stake here, because if a coup is discovered, the BOSS is gonna be PISSED.

Won Bin is given a red card with an act of treason on it.  His assignment is to get fed by the BOSS at least three times.  Sung Chan’s card says he must get head pats from the other non-worker members – all four of them.

Now we cut to when the band first arrives at the restaurant.  The BOSS and his goon, Eun Seok, have arrived first and are just waiting for the others.  Sung Chan enters, scratching his head.  He goes right up to So Hee and bends over, asking if he has something on his head.  Eun Seok looks at him suspiciously and says no.  Sung Chan gives up for now and sits down on the BOSS’ other side.  This won’t be as easy as he thought.

Now Won Bin enters.  He’s hesitant to pick a seat because the ones on each side of the BOSS have been taken.  He can’t choose a seat directly across from So Hee because all the members have to sit facing camera.

Sung Chan takes a tissue from the table and slides a couple of pieces of it into his hair.  Meanwhile, Won Bin impatiently waits for the food to arrive.

So Hee notices the tissue in Sung Chan’s hair and pulls it out.  One head pat accomplished.  

Won Bin gets So Hee to feed him something from the table.  His second attempt fails because So Hee can’t reach his mouth, and Won Bin has to take the food with his fingers.  This probably explains why he’s been looking so bummed all during the meal.  But he keeps trying, and he’s having better luck than Sung Chan. He finally gets three bites from his unsuspecting BOSS, and the show tells us that if just one worker completes his mission, the coup succeeds.

Now we’re caught up to the present, and we get the drumroll and dramatic music interrupting the meal.  The coup is announced, and Won Bin looks so happy.  At least until the production team tells So Hee that Won Bin was the traitor.  Then he looks downright triumphant.

Sung Chan reveals his failed coup attempt.  I actually feel sorry for So Hee.  He was a kind leader, if easily manipulated by Eun Seok.  If I were in this band, I would vote for him again to maintain peace in the kingdom and watch him get revenge on these traitors.

So Hee has to return the fund, the laurel, and the BOSS stamp that he used to sign his appointment letter.  I feel sad.  RIIZE will regret the day they stabbed this guy in the back.

Voting begins again.  There’s no campaigning.  I don’t know what motivation anyone other than the workers has to vote for someone else.  Seriously, So Hee was doing fine.  Re-elect the guy.

Eun Seok and Anton are plotting.  Eyes around the table are darting.  And this episode is ending.

For the next episode, I’d like to see So Hee be re-elected and exact revenge on his traitors by making them build a sedan chair and carry him around in it.

See you then.

Episode 3:  The Riize of a Tyrant

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